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Executive leadership and senior functional specialists — companies waiting for a match across both tiers. Click any role to see the full brief and apply.
Fractional C-Suite
Executive Bench
11 rolesSenior leaders who own a function end-to-end — strategy, team, P&L.
Fractional C-Suite
Executive Bench
11 rolesSenior leaders who own a function end-to-end — strategy, team, P&L.
Fractional CTO
Engineering & Platform Leadership
Lead engineering strategy for high-growth startups. Define technical roadmap, scale teams from 5 to 80+, and bridge product vision with execution.
Roles included
CTOs · Head of Engineering · Architects · Technical Leaders
Fractional CMO
Brand Strategy & Demand Generation
Own brand, pipeline, and go-to-market for founder-led companies. Drive 3× pipeline growth through integrated brand and demand programs.
Roles included
CMOs · Head of Marketing · Creative Directors · Growth
Fractional CRO / Sales Leader
Revenue & Sales Enablement
Build and scale repeatable revenue engines from $0 to $10M+ ARR. Hire, coach, and structure sales orgs that survive beyond the founder.
Roles included
CROs · Head of Sales · Account Executives
Fractional CPO / Product Leader
Product Strategy & Roadmap
Define and execute product vision aligned with company stage. Translate user insights into prioritised roadmaps that ship fast and land hard.
Roles included
Head of Product · Product Managers · Strategists
Fractional COO
Operations & Scale Excellence
Scale operations from scrappy to structured. Implement systems, OKRs, and process discipline that free the CEO to focus on growth.
Roles included
COOs · Head of Operations · Operations Managers
Fractional CFO
Finance, Fundraising & SaaS Metrics
Own the financial narrative — from board-ready models to fundraise readiness. Guide CEOs through Series A–C with clean metrics and investor-grade storytelling.
Roles included
CFOs · Accountants · Financial Analysts
Fractional CHRO / People Leader
People Strategy & Talent
Build the people infrastructure founders forget until it breaks. Culture, comp bands, hiring velocity, and performance frameworks — from zero to 100 employees.
Roles included
CHROs · Head of People · Head of Talent · Recruiters
Fractional Design Leader
Product Design & Brand Experience
Create design systems and user experiences that convert and retain. Lead design function, establish brand standards, and hire the first in-house designer.
Roles included
Head of Design · Product Designers · UX Researchers
Fractional CDO / Data Leader
Data Strategy & AI/ML
Turn data into a competitive moat. Build the data stack, implement ML pipelines, and make the company AI-ready before the window closes.
Roles included
Chief Data Officers · Data Scientists · ML Engineers
Fractional General Counsel
Legal, Compliance & Contracts
Protect the company without the full-time GC overhead. Handle fundraise docs, employment agreements, IP strategy, and vendor contracts at startup speed.
Roles included
Head of Legal · Legal Counsel · Compliance · Contract Specialists
Fractional CISO
Security, Compliance & Governance
Own the full security + compliance posture without the full-time CISO cost. Design the program, lead audits (SOC 2, FedRAMP, HIPAA, ISO 27001), and turn security into an enterprise-deal accelerator.
Roles included
CISOs · Head of Security · Security Architects · GRC Leaders
Functional Leads
Specialist Bench
10 rolesHands-on senior ICs and function leads — focused scope, faster ramp.
Functional Leads
Specialist Bench
10 rolesHands-on senior ICs and function leads — focused scope, faster ramp.
Sales and Revenue Lead
Revenue Operations & Sales Stack
Wire the GTM stack — CRM, forecasting, commission plans, territory design. Build the infrastructure under every effective sales team.
Roles included
RevOps Directors · Sales Ops Leads · GTM Operations
Growth Marketing Lead
Demand Generation & Lifecycle
Build the demand engine — paid acquisition, lifecycle automation, MQL→SQL plumbing. Often the first marketing hire after the CMO.
Roles included
Demand Gen Leads · Growth Marketers · Performance Marketing Leads
Product Lead
Product Discovery & Roadmap
Own a product line end-to-end — discovery, roadmap, ship. For teams not yet ready for a full CPO.
Roles included
Senior PMs · Group PMs · Technical PMs
Finance Lead
FP&A, Modeling & Board Reporting
Build the model, own the monthly close, prep the board pack. CFO-quality output without the CFO price tag.
Roles included
FP&A Leads · Finance Directors · Senior Finance Managers
Principal Engineer
Senior IC + Technical Leadership
Senior IC firepower for hard technical problems — system design, scaling, platform decisions — without the people-management overhead of a CTO.
Roles included
Staff Engineers · Principal Engineers · Tech Leads
Talent Lead
Recruiting & Employer Brand
Run focused hiring sprints — close key roles, set up sourcing process, build the employer brand. For founders hiring 10+ this year.
Roles included
Talent Leads · Senior Recruiters · Recruiting Managers
Design Lead
Product & Brand Design
Ship the design work — product flows, visual systems, brand updates — for teams not yet ready for a full design org.
Roles included
Lead Designers · Senior Product Designers · Brand Designers
Analytics Lead
BI, Metrics & Reporting
Build the metrics layer — instrument key flows, set up dashboards, answer the board's hard questions with numbers.
Roles included
Senior Analysts · BI Leads · Analytics Engineers
Strategy & Ops Lead
Cross-functional Strategy & Execution
Force-multiplier for the founder — owns the projects nobody else can. Pricing, expansion, M&A diligence, board prep.
Roles included
Chiefs of Staff · Strategy & Ops Leads
Product Marketing Lead
Positioning, Launch & Sales Enablement
Position the product, run the launch motion, build the competitive playbook. Critical between Seed and Series A when the message has to start working.
Roles included
Senior PMM · Product Marketing Managers · Positioning Specialists
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